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I received one of these packages from singapore yesterday. There is no website on the packaging or inside of the envelope. Therefore, I don't understand the am

by 5440 6y ago

I received one of these packages from singapore yesterday. There is no website on the packaging or inside of the envelope. Therefore, I don't understand the amazon review thing. Its just a package of seeds in a manila envelope.

VonGuard 6y ago
Yes but there's a shipping number associated with it in China, and there is a confirmation that a thing was shipped to the US address. That's what they are after here, and nothing more.
- lostlogin 6y ago
  Why put anything in it?
  - pengaru 6y ago
    The news articles I read on this speculated the seeds may be invasive species, implying it's a sort of subversive attack in addition to the review scam.
shiftpgdn 6y ago
Did you plant the seeds? I'm curious what would grow.
- shajznnckfke 6y ago
  It may not be a great idea to pant mystery seeds from overseas. You could end up with something invasive that’s hard to get rid of. I bought a plant like that on Amazon (cat’s claw creeper) and luckily did more research before planting it. It’s a problem in the southern US, and I don’t want to be responsible for introducing it to California.
HenryBemis 6y ago
I am not an SME; looking at the photo on BBC these look like lemon stones (seeds). Could you identify them? Did you ask anyone/did anyone gave you a hint on what could they be for/from?
ceejayoz 6y ago
They don’t need you to do anything. The person who sent it to you is now a “verified purchaser”, which makes the review they leave more reputable.
thrwn_frthr_awy 6y ago
Sellers "sell" an item with a random person's address somewhere in the world. This allows them to make reviews without it being suspect that 100's of reviews have come from purchases shipped to the same address. In the past it seemed that Amazon cared more about items having a high rating than fixing these issues, but with the recent negative press it may have become positive EV for Amazon to start enforcing at least legitimacy around reviews.
- SomewhatLikely 6y ago
  It would seem that Amazon could notice that a particular item got a lot of reviews from addresses it knows have only ordered from more establishe accounts in the past.

by 5440 6y ago

VonGuard 6y ago

Yes but there's a shipping number associated with it in China, and there is a confirmation that a thing was shipped to the US address. That's what they are after here, and nothing more.

lostlogin 6y ago
Why put anything in it?
- pengaru 6y ago
  The news articles I read on this speculated the seeds may be invasive species, implying it's a sort of subversive attack in addition to the review scam.

shiftpgdn 6y ago

Did you plant the seeds? I'm curious what would grow.

shajznnckfke 6y ago
It may not be a great idea to pant mystery seeds from overseas. You could end up with something invasive that’s hard to get rid of. I bought a plant like that on Amazon (cat’s claw creeper) and luckily did more research before planting it. It’s a problem in the southern US, and I don’t want to be responsible for introducing it to California.

HenryBemis 6y ago

I am not an SME; looking at the photo on BBC these look like lemon stones (seeds). Could you identify them? Did you ask anyone/did anyone gave you a hint on what could they be for/from?

ceejayoz 6y ago

They don’t need you to do anything. The person who sent it to you is now a “verified purchaser”, which makes the review they leave more reputable.

thrwn_frthr_awy 6y ago

Sellers "sell" an item with a random person's address somewhere in the world. This allows them to make reviews without it being suspect that 100's of reviews have come from purchases shipped to the same address. In the past it seemed that Amazon cared more about items having a high rating than fixing these issues, but with the recent negative press it may have become positive EV for Amazon to start enforcing at least legitimacy around reviews.

SomewhatLikely 6y ago
It would seem that Amazon could notice that a particular item got a lot of reviews from addresses it knows have only ordered from more establishe accounts in the past.